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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kadir Demir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jan Blachowicz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blachowicz has chosen Rodogost-Tam Skad Pochodzę as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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188 cm
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223 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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187 cm
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210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kadir Demir! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jan Blachowicz! The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksandr Martynov and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Blachowicz tries for a takedown but Demir circles away easily and Demir counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Demir closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes. Demir scores with a shot to the side of Blachowicz's head.
It looks like Jan Blachowicz has been cut. Demir has Blachowicz pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Demir pulls back from the ropes and twists to the side, sending Blachowicz tumbling to the mat - Demir dives into Blachowicz's guard. The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work. Demir controlling from the top position. Blachowicz throws his legs up looking for a submission but Demir uses it to pass to side control.
Blachowicz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Demir wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. Blachowicz is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Demir moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's one minute gone in the round. Blachowicz is trying to get back to half guard. Demir knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Blachowicz on the ground. Demir staying calm. Blachowicz is looking to regain half guard here but Demir keeps moving and retains side control. Blachowicz looking for a sweep but Demir has passed into full mount! Oh no! Blachowicz tries to hold on but Demir postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Demir throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Demir controlling his opponent. Demir working for a guillotine from mount but Blachowicz is in no mood to give up. Demir takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Demir prevents Blachowicz from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Demir tries to control but Blachowicz wriggling away. Demir looking to control and managing it successfully. Demir wants to control but Blachowicz has made it back to half guard. Nice work. Demir content to control rather than advance. Demir's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Kadir Demir just wasn't active enough. Demir instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Demir throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Demir is struggling to control the position. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Demir prevents a takedown attempt there.
Demir stalling against the ropes.
Demir lands a right hand. Demir lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Blachowicz looks gassed! Blachowicz is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though. Kadir Demir has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jan Blachowicz. Still in the clinch, Demir scores with a nice short uppercut. Demir is leaning against Blachowicz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Demir lands with a short shot to the head. Demir working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blachowicz is rocked!
That's five minutes gone in the round. A short left from Demir. Blachowicz is still on wobbly legs! Can Demir finish him? Demir creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Blachowicz's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Blachowicz drops to his knees and Demir pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kadir Demir! During a confident post fight interview, Kadir Demir thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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